like in germany, the volk. people of german ancestor can move to germany and immediately become part of the population. but the noble principle is anybody can be an american. doesn't matter where your background is, what your ancestry is. if you come in and accept the basic principles of the society, you're equally entitled to be an american with anybody else. >> the issue of birthright citizenship has been tested recently. what's been the controversy and is this sort of the first time since the passage of the 14th that the concept of birthright citizenship has been -- >> let me just say and linda knows about the current controversies. let me just say it is not the first time at all. the issue came up in the late 19th century over children of chinese immigrants because at that time no one from asia could become a naturalized citizen. in other words, you could come to the united states. but if you were chinese you could not be naturalized and become a citizen. but what did that mean about children of those people

. >> reporter: report prg washington, i am kristin volk. >> the national spelling bee kicks off this week. this year's competition includes the youngest speller on record so again she says if she wins, she would like to with the money, buy a beagel. good luck. >> 30,000 dollars cash. >> 30,000 dollars cash. >> and she wants snoopy. >> exactly. >> really? >> dream big many big. >> why not? >> lady gaga little monsters in indonesia have been dealt blow. >> stay with us. the pop diva known for wild performances had to cancel the concert there. we will tell you why she is not allowed on stage. >> and authorities in los angeles are looking for a way to chat and they want to talk to the popeye conjustin bieber. -- pop icon justin bieber. what has he done now. >> i am casey and i am with the southern district of explorers and memorial day means to appreciate the veterans in america that have served. let's play indoors this weekend. all we need is a couple of gallons of our hardest-working paint... ...from the home depot. the place that gives us more top-rated brands than anywhere else... ..

this week, the sheriff's investigators asked for the public's help to find a mid-1990 red four-door volks waggen jetta. it was seen the morning of march 16th, the last time she was seen. within a day, the car was found and they were processing it for possible evidence. police say they had 2,000 tips come in. they will likely bring in more. >> people working out here are volunteer staff. volunteer searchers. we had a good turnout. i think it's probably the event this week that motivated us. >> reporter: family and volunteers say her mom is having a tough time this weekend since tomorrow is mother's day. she issued a statement reflecting on joys and the difficulties of motherhood calling sierra her miracle baby since she was told she may not get pregnant again. a service is planned for wednesday and saturday. if you would like to volunteer, come to the elementary school to sign up to help with searches wednesday and saturday. live in morgan hill, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >> thank you for the update. >>> days before facebook is set to go public, the co-founder is creating controver

we're told a volks wagen jetia -- volk -- two men in the truck were both pronounced dead on the scene a third man, 25-year-old justin christian malone was transported to shock trauma where he later died. the driver of the truck was transported to sinai hospital with injuries. >> the mother of the 13-year-old who admitted this week to accidentally shooting turnage is being interviewed in connection with the case. turnage was shot and her body carried out in bags. the client's d.n.a. was found on the girl's bra. >> lane closures will continue throughout the weekend. you may want to find an alternate route. from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. all lanes will be detowered. detours bring drivers to j.f.x. overnight construction continues until 4:00 a.m. monday. after that, lane closures will remain in effect until road repairs are completed. that should take six to eight weeks. now to april's jobs report. it shows a slump for the second straight month. both presidential contenders put a different spin on the report. on the campaign trail. steve handelsman explains. >> as the mostly bad news on job

at $38 a share, valuing the company at more than $100 billion making this the biggest internet ipo ever! all right. we're volking obviously, but there is a serious question here, and the question is do you buy this ipo tomorrow? >> i'm taking this off right away. >> does that -- does that mean you wouldn't buy it? >> wouldn't buy it. no options. no earnings. it's overhyped, number one. we don't know. they have not had any earnings. i want to hear these gentlemen on a conference call. i'd like to hear what management has to say. i want to hear what the cfo has to say. i want to hear the answers to what the story is going to be when they are challenged by analysts. there's no options to protect me on this. listen, we'll get to the market in a second. i think the market is in as vulnerable place tonight as it has been since the fall. facebook's coming out at 11:00 tomorrow morning. i don't know what the damage in the tape is going to be by that point, but it's not going to be facebook that i'm going to look to buy tomorrow morning on what potentially is a selloff. >> joe, you can't imagine that it could be a pop in

the earnings? how do you make sure they're increasing and aren't about to collapse? here is more volk capillary. when you hear about bottom line or profits or net income, they all mean the same thing, earnings! we call it the bottom line because the number is the bottom figure on a company's income statement. to figure out how quickly a company's earnings can grow in the future, you have to look for clues when it reports its quarterly results. that's why i'm always telling you to listen to the conference calls. hey, listen, if you want to do it yourself, you got to go the homework. that means to look at the top line, another unnecessary piece of wall street gibberish. remember, i'm trying to translate everything tonight. it's totally interchangeable with revenues, revenues, top line, which is the same of sales. they should use one word. say only sales, but they all mean the same thing. you want two see strong revenue growth, strong sales growth, okay, which tells you there is demand for a company's product. this is ultimately the key to the ability of most businesses to sustainly grow their earni

but our volks who are looking at the possible sentencing, if indeed they do come back with a guilty verdict or partial guilty verdict, what are they saying about the potential for sentencing, for jail time? >> reporter: well, he faces six counts, each comes with a maximum of five years, so people have been adding them town a worst case scenario of 30 years in prison, but kiran shanahan was explaining to me yesterday that under federal sentencing guidelines, similar charges are generally collapsed into one, and so the very worst case scenario he could face if convicted would be five years and most likely, it would be less than that. of course, if he loses his case, his lawyers have already hinted at a possible appeal. martha. martha: boy, this is going to be interesting, when it comes down. jonathan, i know you're on pins and needles as we're waiting for this. you've been watching it from day one. bill: interesting how edwards is there every day, to see the jurors as they go in and out. >> new reports the pakistani doctor serving 33 years in prison for helping the cia track down usama bin la